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"No. 239,329.: Patented March 29,1881.

fiwnad Nv PETERS, PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHIER, WflSHINGYON D C UNITED STATESPATENT QFFrCE.

CHARLES WV. HUNT, OF WEST NEW BRIGHTON, YORK.

APPARATUS FOR UNLOADING AND TRANSFERRING CARGOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,329, dated March29, 1881.

Application filed February 19, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. HUNT, of West New Brighton, in the countyof Richmond and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulAdjustable Apparatus for Unloading and Transferring Oargoes, of whichthe following is a specification.

Myinvention relates toimprovements in the combined steam-crane and tracksupporting a car, by which ores and other cargoes of vessels areunloaded and transferred.

The object of my invention is to provide a movable steam -crane orseries of movable steam-cranes which may be adjusted at any requireddistance from one or more batches of the vessel to be unloaded, and alsoto provide an adjustable track supporting a car or aseries of adjustabletracks supporting cars, said adjustable track or tracks being soconstructed as to be movable to any required distance from the cranes,and the whole being so combined that a vessel having either one or twoor more hatches may be unloaded with equal facility, whatever may be thedistance of the hatches one from the other. I attain these objects bythe mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figurel is a view from above of the entire machine. Fig. 4. is a side view ofthe same. Fig. 2 is an end view of one of the adjustable tracksenlarged, with an end view of the car upon the same. Fig. 3 is a sideview of the same, but showing the adjustable track made so as to slideinstead of being on wheels.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A B is the adjustable steam-crane, A being the house containingmachinery, and B being the arm of the crane, attached and swinging inthe usual manner, so as to hoist and carry the bucket 0 from any vessellying atD to the car E. The said steam-craneA Bis here represented uponthe tracks F G, so that the same may be moved to any required place.

H H represent the supports of the elevated tracks II, which runsubstantially parallel with the track upon which rests the crane A B.

K K are the secondary tracks, supported upon and crossing the elevatedtracks I I, and here represented as running upon said elevated tracks ona series of trucks, J J, and at the end of the cross-track nearest tothe steamcrane is the platform M, containing a switch, N, and branchtrack 0.

By this combination I am enabled to adjust the steam-crane A B, or thetwo steam-cranes, at any desired points, so as to unload a vessel havingone or more hatches, whatever may be the distance of said hatches apart.The adj ustable tracks may also be moved so as to be at any desiredpoints to correspond with the position of the cranes, so that thebucket, when hoisted outof the hatch ofthe vessel, willswing around soas to be exactly over the car upon the adjustable track.

Figs. 2 and 3 show a peculiar construction of bucket, made to set uponthe car, and which is the subject of a separate patent.

I do not claim as new the movable steamcrane taken by itself, nor do Iclaim the ele vated tracks nor the movable secondary track, taken bythemselves, nor the car upon said track. All the elements .of mycombination, taken separately, are old.

That which I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

1. Adjustable apparatus for transferring cargoes, consisting of a seriesof parallel elevated tracks carrying an adjustable secondary trackcrossing said series, and movable sidewise thereon, with a car runningupon said secondary track, the whole being in combination with anadjustable crane movable in a direction substantially parallel with thelines of the side motion of the secondary track, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

2. Adjustable apparatus for transferring cargoes, consisting of a seriesof parallel elevated tracks carrying two or more separate secondarytracks crossing said series, and separately movable sidewise thereon,together with a car running upon each secondary track, the whole beingin combination with one or more adjustable cranes, each being separatelymovable in a direction substantially parallel with the lines of the sidemotion of thesecondary tracks, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

3. Adjustable apparatus for transferring cargoes, consisting of a seriesof parallel elevated tracks carrying an adjustable secondary trackcrossing said series, and movable sideallel with the lines of the sidemotion of the secondary tracks, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

O. W. HUNT.

Wise thereon, and. having at one end a platform containing a switch andone or more branch tracks, and having upon said secondary track andbranch tracks one or more cars, 5 the whole being in combination withone or Witnesses:

more adjustable steam-cranes, each being sepa- G. WYLLYs BETTS,

rately movable in a direction substantially par- J. P. HINDON HYDE.

